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She Was Discriminated Against as a Black Woman in Edtech. She Succeeded Anyway

Lorrie Owens is the first female and still the only Black woman to lead the technology division of a county office of education in California. Here is her story.

Tech&Learning

Say hello to the newest San Francisco foodie craze: It’s toast, but not as we know it

This Californian city is taking bread to a whole new level – Ellie Seymour tries the trend with a tour of its best toasted options

The Independent UK

Huge Sierra snowpack throws frozen wrench into campers’ plans

Emily and Jeremy Cross from Scotts Valley are planning to travel with their two boys to a family reunion in July at a Sierra Nevada campground. But a big, frozen question hangs over the trip: Will California’s near-record snowpack melt in time?

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Modern-day prospectors take notice as raging California rivers replenish historic Gold Rush spots

BUCK MEADOWS, Calif. — For 170 years, the gold deposits along Sierra stream beds have been so poked and prodded that easy supplies of the precious metal have grown scarce and are a challenge to find.

Tribune News Service

First Thing: US debt ceiling talks ‘productive’ as Biden and McCarthy to meet

Sunday night phone call between president and Republican House speaker reported to have struck a more positive tone. Plus, how solar farms took over the California desert

The Guardian - UK

Commentary: Harry and Meghan’s car chase claims are alarming. When do paparazzi break the law?

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, alarmed the world this week by stating that they were “involved in a near-catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi” in New York City, echoing the deadly pursuit of Princess Diana.

Los Angeles Times

California plans to spend more on Narcan, but it could lose workers who hand it out

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in the next four years to provide Narcan, the nasal spray with naloxone that can yank someone out of an opioid overdose, to combat the deadly rise of fentanyl in California.

Los Angeles Times

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State lawmakers eye forced treatment to address overlap in homelessness and mental illness

Many of the unhoused people in Portland, Oregon, live in tents pitched on sidewalks or in aging campers parked in small convoys behind grocery stores.

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Mark Z. Barabak: Feinstein is not going to quit the Senate. Ever. Just ask her biographer

Other than family and close friends, few people have a longer history with Dianne Feinstein or a better understanding of California's ailing U.S. senator than Jerry Roberts.

Los Angeles Times

Why I stopped arguing about the climate emergency and tried the silent treatment instead

The sensible methods didn’t work, so I became a member of the Red Rebel Brigade. Now I feel I’m doing something useful, says the journalist and author Helena Echlin

The Guardian - UK

California takes big step in bringing right to repair to silicon valley

The bill just needs to pass the state senate.

PC Gamer

2 killed in small plane crash 40 miles off the coast of California

A small private plane crashed Saturday in the Pacific about 40 miles west of Half Moon Bay, California, following an emergency call for help, killing two people aboard.

Los Angeles Times

Ghost town Eagle Mountain abandoned since 1983 purchased by mystery buyer for $22.5MILLION

Eagle Mountain, a ghost town in California's desert, has been purchased by a company named Ecology Mountain Holdings, sparking curiosity about its potential revival

Daily Mirror

Big quake on Northern California coast follows cluster of smaller tremors farther south

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit off the Northern California coast about 60 miles west of Petrolia, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

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The Independent UK

30 tons of explosive chemicals unaccounted for after going missing in April rail shipment

Chemicals went missing during rail shipment from Wyoming to California

Daily Mirror

California earthquake Humboldt County: Magnitude 5.6 quake rocks Us west coast

A large earthquake has rocked California - striking 102km west of Petrolia and being reported from Humboldt County and Eureka among other places - the United States Geological Survey reports

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Photos: Teaching pro Michael Block’s magical run at the PGA Championship has been something to see

It's been an incredible week for Block, the California club pro who entered the final day in a tie for eighth place.

Daily Mirror

'I jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge and prayed to God as I immediately regretted it'

Kevin Hines succumbed to the voices in his head and jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, but he 'instantly regretted it' the moment he let go

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Prince Harry's rep denies he has an ‘escape place’ in California where he likes to stay alone

A rep for Prince Harry has said the rumors are 'not true'

The Orange County Register

Sen. Dianne Feinstein insists she’ll finish her term, but what happens if that changes?

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Despite continued — and mounting — questions about her health, Sen. Dianne Feinstein‘s office recently said she plans to finish out her term in the U.S. Senate.

The Guardian - US

How solar farms took over the California desert: ‘An oasis has become a dead sea’

Residents feel trapped and choked by dust, while experts warn environmental damage is ‘solving one problem by creating others’

Reuters

At least 10 people killed, nine injured in shootout in northern Mexico

At least 10 people were killed and nine injured in a shootout at a car show in northern Mexico's Baja California on Saturday, the municipal government reported.

Daily Mirror

Woman quits office job and travels the world for FREE by house sitting in luxury homes

Kristina saved £6,000 on a month-long trip to Switzerland, and took bubble baths, made cheese fondue, and used the owner's car - instead of spending £200 a night on the average hotel

Los Angeles Times

California to trigger rarely used relief valve on Kern River, diverting flows to state aqueduct

LOS ANGELES — The Kern River is swollen with so much runoff from the epic Sierra Nevada snowpack that state water officials have decided to open a rarely used relief valve, diverting floodwaters into the California Aqueduct to be used as drinking water in Southern California.

Daily Mirror

Family ditch house and transform Army TUG BOAT saving $1,000 a month living on the water

Taryn collins and husband Jason Loger bought a former US Coast Guard tug boat in 2019 for $35,000 which they now live on with their two-year-old son in northern California

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